Dressage Position - What Is Alignment And Why Is It Important

We hear about alignment, or we get told to sit up tall, pull our shoulders back and balance our seatbones. But why? Why is this important.

Its not about a pretty picture, instead its about keeping your joints and ligaments safe so you can continue to enjoy riding as long as you choose.

If your joints and ligaments aren't gliding correctly you will create undue wear and tear, shortening your riding life.

This is why its so important to get this right off the horse and improve your fitness and balance off the horse.

To help with this it also about creating good lower abdominal connection, check out the other video I have done all about how to engage your lower abdominals specific to dressage riders. =    • How To Engage Your Lower Abdominals F...  

Along with videos all about improving hip mobility which will also really help with leg position -    • Stretches To Help With Hip Mobility I...  

To learn more about rider fitness, core workouts, dressage specific stretches and exercises to help you become a better rider, download our free guide -
http://lp.dressageridertraining.com/g...

To join in on our next 12 week online Dressage Rider Training Program click here - http://dressageridertraining.com/regi...